A 49-year-old city man answered his door naked and tried to drag a delivery woman into his apartment Saturday afternoon, police said.

A 49-year-old city man answered his door naked and tried to drag a delivery woman into his apartment Saturday afternoon, police said.

Luiz C. DePaiva, of 61 Fairmount St., was arrested at 5:44 p.m. after he assaulted a woman who was delivering a takeout order to his apartment, police said.

"He grabbed her by the arm and tried to pull her into the apartment," said Marlborough Police Detective Martha Shea, a department spokeswoman.

The delivery woman escaped and went back to her employer, who called police, Shea said.

Police would not identify the delivery woman's employer.

DePaiva was arraigned yesterday in Marlborough District Court on charges of open and gross lewdness, assault and battery, and attempt to commit a crime, police said.

DePaiva was ordered held on $300 cash bail with conditions he stay away from and have no contact with the alleged victim, said Jessica Venezia, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex DA's office.

(Matt Lynch can be reached at 508-490-7453 or mlynch@cnc.com.)